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Police Seek Suspect After Firefighters Find Dead Couple, One in Chains  The New York Times Manhunt for suspect who allegedly set house fire that killed 2 in Bellerose, Queens  ABC7 New York Cops: Man torches NYC house with elderly couple inside; both victims found dead  NBC New York Two people killed in fast-moving fire that tore through NYC home  New York Post 77-year-old man, …

Firefighters guard California sequoias as wildfire threatens ancient trees  The Washington Post Firefighters Race to Save a Treasured Sequoia Grove in California  The New York Times Garnet Fire grows in size over the weekend, crews battle blaze threatening Sequoias  ABC30 Fresno California firefighters race to protect ancient sequoia trees as wildfire spreads  The Guardian Garnet Fire Rages Across Sierras: Latest News  The Weather Channel Source …

Firefighters Race to Save a Treasured Sequoia Grove in California  The New York Times China Peak becomes Forest Service base as Garnet Fire explodes in size  ABC30 Fresno Smoke blankets Calif. mountain towns as Garnet Fire explodes  SFGATE Garnet Fire burns 10,000 acres in a day. Containment lines east of Shaver Lake  Fresno Bee California fire produces huge smoke plume, triggering hazardous air quality …

TUOLUMNE COUNTY, Calif. (AP) — A quick-moving wildfire burned homes in a California Gold Rush town settled around 1850 by Chinese miners who were driven out of a nearby camp and the blaze grew without containment on Wednesday. The fire rapidly expanded to 10 square miles (26 square kilometers) in size, forcing the evacuation Tuesday of the Chinese Camp Town …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Just days after two crew workers helping battle Washington’s largest wildfire were arrested by Border Patrol, Washington Rep. Emily Randall — who represents the district where the men are being held — was denied entry to the facility, calling the situation “disgusting” in an interview with CNN affiliate KOMO. “This would have been my fourth visit …

Border Patrol arrested firefighters as they were battling a wildfire  The Washington Post Firefighter arrested by US border agents was on track for legal status, lawyers say  The Guardian Border Patrol arrests 2 crew workers helping battle Washington’s biggest wildfire for being in the country illegally  CNN Keizer man detained by Border Patrol while fighting Pacific Northwest wildfire  Statesman Journal What we know about …

Seattle — Two firefighters who were part of a 44-person crew fighting a wildland blaze on Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula were arrested by U.S. Border Patrol agents during a multiagency criminal investigation into the two contractors they worked for, federal authorities said Thursday. The arrests prompted Democratic Sen. Patty Murray, of Washington State, to call U.S. immigration policy “sick.” The …

SEATTLE — Two firefighters who were part of a 44-person crew fighting a wildland blaze on Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula were taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents during a multiagency criminal investigation into the two contractors they worked for, federal authorities said Thursday. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management asked the Border Patrol to help check the workers’ …

SEATTLE (AP) — Two firefighters who were part of a 44-person crew fighting a wildland blaze on Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula were taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents during a multiagency criminal investigation into the two contractors they worked for, federal authorities said Thursday. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management asked the Border Patrol to help check the …

Patty Murray, the Washington senator, has called for the Trump administration to provide “immediate answers” about reports that two firefighters were detained by border agents as they were responding to a wildfire in the state. Federal immigration authorities on Wednesday staged an operation on the scene of the Bear Gulch fire, a nearly 9,000-acre (3,600-hectare) blaze in the Olympic national …